Hertzian ring crack initiation in hot-pressed silicon carbides

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1788-1795

  Wereszczak, Andrew A ^a   Johanns, Kurt E ^a,c   Jadaan, Osama M ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION SYSTEMS; DAMAGE INITIATION; DIAMOND INDENTER; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS MEASUREMENTS; HERTZIAN INDENTATION; INDENTERS; KNOOP HARDNESS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; RING CRACKS; TARGET MATERIALS; WEIBULL;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; HARDNESS; SILICON CARBIDE; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; TARGETS; VICKERS HARDNESS TESTING; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 68849131894     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.03146.x     Document Type: Article

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